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S.H.D. Commonplace Book (16:35:1),
Martha Dickinson Bianchi Collection,
John Hay Library, Brown University Libraries


Skeleton where did'st thy soul take
     flight?
Torch what has't thou done with thy light
Deserted cage what has thou done
With thy bird of heavenly tone
Volcano where thy molten wave
Where is thy master grinning slave?

Victor Hugo.

Translated at Rome
in Winter of 1902.


[transcription in French attached]



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